Sarah Kane's 'Blasted' to have US Premiere

SoHo Rep's Artistic Director Sarah Benson has announced that Sarah Kane's bleak and controversial drama BLASTED, which according to The New York Times drew outrage from audiences and critics when it had its premiere in 1995 at the Royal Court Theater Upstairs in London, will make its American debut as the first show in that theater's 2008-9 season. 

Also planned for next season are "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake," a two-hander about the relationship between a boy and his father, by Dan LeFranc and directed by Anne Kauffman ("The Thugs"), and "Rambo Solo," the latest work from Nature Theater of Oklahoma, which presented "No Dice" at SoHo Rep last year. In "Rambo Solo" the actor Zachary Oberzan examines his obsession with the story of "Rambo: First Blood" as the company tries to recount the action-adventure plot in all its cinematic glory. Ms. Kane, who also wrote "4:48 Psychosis," committed suicide in 1999 at the age of 28 but made a lasting impression. BLASTED will star Marin Ireland, Reed Birney and Louis Cancelmi. Performances are scheduled to begin Oct. 2.